(A) All ordinances passed by the City Council shall be deposited in the office of the City Clerk and shall be duly recorded by the Clerk in the record book of ordinances, and appropriately indexed by their subject and decimals.
(B) All ordinances of the City Council, required by law to be published, shall take effect ten days after due publication thereof; and all other ordinances, resolutions and orders shall take effect and be in force from and after their passage, unless otherwise therein provided.
(C) Every ordinance shall receive a first reading and shall remain on file with the City Clerk for public inspection at least one week before the final passage thereof. The Council may suspend the rules and consider the passage of any ordinance without the first reading and filing for inspection, provided that the motion for suspension of the rules receives five affirmative votes.
(D) Every resolution and motion which creates any liability against the city; or which provides for the expenditure or appropriation of its money; or to sell any city property; and every ordinance which is returned to the City Council by the Mayor with his or her objections shall be reconsidered by the City Council. If, after this reconsideration, two-thirds of all the Council Members then holding office shall agree to pass the ordinance, resolution or motion, notwithstanding the Mayor’s refusal to approve it, it shall be effective. The vote on the passage over the Mayor’s veto shall be by yeas and nays and shall be recorded in the journal.
(E) The passage of all ordinances for whatever purpose and of any resolution or motion to create any liability against the city, or for the expenditure or appropriation of its money, require the concurrence of a majority of all Council Members then holding office on the City Council, unless otherwise expressly provided by any state law taking precedence over the home rule powers of the city.
(1990 Code, § 2-55) (Ord. 62-643, passed 2-5-1962; Ord. 76-423, passed 1-19-1976)
Cross-reference:
Amendments to city code, see § 10.09
Statutory reference:
Ordinances generally, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 1-2-1 et seq., 5-3-2 et seq.